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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS.GOING TO LONDON? WANT TO SEE A SHOW? READ THIS FIRST.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 29, 2010

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Things are not as exciting in the West End of London as they used to be. New shows are thin on the ground almost to extinction. The LLoyd Webber factor is quite predominant with revived shows hitting the theatres emanating from his TV shows. They do well, so critism of this spate of old shows with Newly formed TV stars is perhaps a little unkind however it has caused a lot of revivals which has resulted in safe bets which can be regarded as hardly exciting. Hit films have also been transferred to the Musical Stage and again.....we know the plot.....hope the songs are good. Along with old popsongs shoved into poor scripts by well known pop artists the originality of Musicals has become too financially risky for the entrepeneurs to back anything that on paper could lose money.Lots of it. That's the situation.....now these are the shows. In no particular order they are........

CHICAGO. 8.

From the authors of Cabaret and from the mind of Bob Fosse this show is really worth seeing. Styilized choreography and great songs add up to a great show about two murderesses fighting for publicity in the corrupt era of the roaring twenties to get them off Life sentences in Jail. The stage show is sufficiently different from the film so no enjoyment is lost going to the theatre.They change the cast regularly but this has no effect on it's ultimate enjoyment. Adult in content with super songs I strongly recommend this show before it closes. It's long run has to come to an end soon.

LEGALLY BLOND .7.

A modern musical without any really hit songs and with a leaning to modern interpretation of current pop music I found this on CD somewhat uninspiring. I have not yet seen the show but word and mouth is certainly better than I expected. Taken from the film. If you enjoyed the film perhaps you'll enjoy the show. I will change this blog and score when I have seen it.

THRILLER LIVE.4.

Pupported to be a musical. I don't think so. Micheal Jackson music. Product!

GREASE.5.

This what as known as product. Something put into the West End in the hope that it's familiarity will tempt people into the theatre.This particular production was instigated by an ITV reality show on the lines of Andrew LLoyd Webber's BBC show but wasn't quite as popular. The resulting format opened to good business. Who hasn't seen this show or the film? It has two new songs from the film added which are hardly fifties music (The show has a late fifties setting) in fact "Grease" and "You're the one that I want" are more seventies disco. It changes the leads regularly hoping to attract new audiences. It is a revival of a revival. It is product

DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS.4.

Inspired by a CD named D@Petticoats reviving late fifties and early sixties pop songs. More product.

AVENUE Q.6.

Deliciously satirical with adult themes owing much to Sesame Street this show has run for five years showing it's word and mouth popularity. Actors are seen working the puppets a la Lion King but this is a today musical showcasing real people. Pleasant music and very entertaining but falls short of the word Musical more Revue.

BLOOD BROTHERS.7.

A couple of well known ballads "Tell me it's not true" and "Easy Terms" hold this show together as a musical but that's not the point. Always well acted the two times I have seen it, the show has a strong emotional story that takes the audience along with it to it's heartrending conclusion.
A great night in the theatre but if only it had more great songs it would have been a 9 score. If youhavn't seen it you won't be dissapointed.

DIRTY DANCING.4.

The film's a whole lot better!

THE LION KING 8.

Sumptuous opening to an inspiring family show. It gets hold of you straight away and carries you through to the end. Amazingly not distracting with actors and singers puppetering the animals who are the main characters and because of the beautiful presentation of the scenery I found the whole thing irristably charming. Children love the show and are completely entranced the whole evening. Adults could slip a look at their watches when some repetition occurs in places but otherwise a lot to enjoy.

OLIVER!9.

This show has been revived many times and always manages to come up fresh every time. Lionel Barts best musical with his best songs and an intigueing web of story scaled down from the novel for musical show audiences. A different Fagin has appeared in all revivals giving the show a different slant and with this latest production Fagins are changed every few months.The scenery is applause making, the songs are applause making, the characters are intrigueing......What more do you want ?......Oh yes and the children are good too!

HAIR.4.

I saw Hair in the sixties and was very disallusioned by the new Rock musical. It had some good pop songs but was lazily produced onstage with a liberreta that was veering on abysmal. the central reason for people goin to see it was the nude scene at the end of act 1. Things must have changed with the new show straight from America and perhaps it's tighter and more professional. I hope so because it will attract new youth to the musical theatre wondering what us older folks got so excited about which is, I admit, not a bad thing. If you're over 40 buy the CD.

SISTER ACT.6.

Some good reports from this show make me feel it's worth seeing. Critics are not so sure. I have not seen the show and the CD makes me feel it is difficult to make an informed response. The music varies from Disco to Rodgers and Hammenstein if you can imagine such a thing and indeed everybody must have seen the film.....if you havn't then the Musical is a lot of fun. Their aren't many stars fronting musicals these days and I wonder if producers feel it is no longer necessary to lace their shows with a big star. Sister Act has been running for over a year.....How long would it continue to run if the original star....Whoopi Goldberg....was heading it's cast?

JERSEY BOYS.6.

The music of Franki Valli and the Four Seasons is the dominant force of this Musical Biography and if you're not a fan perhaps you could be. Interesting and of it's kind well put together but not a musical that we know and love. Life story of the group with linking hit songs.

WE WILL ROCK YOU. 5.

If someone had written " My fair lady" today and it was premiered in the West End of London would it have been as popular as it was in 1958 ? You bet it would. It would have beed heralded as a masterpiece. So then why is there such a pausity of talented people around that they have to gather together Queen's best songs together with a bit of linking liberetto and open it in the west end. Is it a musical or a rock concert? The latter is closer to what I think the public expect from a musical. This is not to say that the show is bad. Queen afficianose will enjoy it as a tribute performance but audiences who are not particularly big fans will be disappointed.

BILLY ELIOTT.7.

Not in my opinion as good as the film although it has stirring moments but loses something in it's transition to the stage. As in many musicals there aren't many songs you go out humming after the curtain has fallen but the production is sharp and the performances excellant. I enjoyed the Musical thoroughly and the choreography leaps out at you especially as most of it is performed by youngsters and the script bears an uncanny reality to current trends. .....However one good song " Electricity" does not make ten points.

LES MISERABLES.9.

Musically wonderful as ballad after ballad wafts over you in perfect delight. You are sucked in to the story of a man's passion to arrest an innocent man for a crime that doesn't exist with the background of the French revolution high on the agenda. Stirring and Passionate with the full complement of Choral pieces,supreme ballads and bewitching melodic melodies the whole performance is a treat. A must if you havn't experianced it and the only reason it has nine points are because of the few people I have met who considered it boring. I disagree.

WICKED.9.

I would have thought a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" was not the sort of musical show that I would enjoy. Forget the prequel business ( except of course for the Wizard of Oz addicts) it was very enjoyable in it's own right. Good performances, good music, good comedy adds up to a great show for all the family. Kids are as spellbound as their parents and their parents and that is why at the moment this show is the most popular show in London and New York at the same time.

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.5.

An interesting film which has translated to the stage with no original music. Adult in theme with music grabbed from all sources, it is colourful and the music often entertaining. It might be your type of thing but it wasn't mine.

LOVE NEVER DIES. 7.

If you've never seen Phantom, then I suppose it would be a good idea to book Love never Dies as well, as it is Phantom 2 ten years later. I have not seen this show and only have the CD performance to comment on and will update this blog when I have seen it. From the clips I have seen it is certainly spectacular set in Coney Island, America where the Phantom persuades Christine Dyer, the woman he loves, to cross the Atlantic and sing for him. There are not the wealth of remembered songs that the original Phantom had but I have awarded seven points because Andrew Lloyd Webber really knows what he's doing and there's a nine million advance ticket sale.

MAMMA MIA.5.

A definitive case of crowbarred songs in an old story. It works only if you are an ABBA fan and the success of the film has certainly added to it's lustre as a musical one should see if visiting the West End. My opinion.....Nothing new here.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. 10.

A lavish, fully thought-out, wonderful piece of Musical Entertainment. Andrew Lloyd Webber at his utmost best and I cannot find fault with this Musical. It still brings hoardes of people into the theatre and if you havn't seen it then it is a must. Foreboading and exciting from the beginning it grasps your attention to the very end. So popular is the show that even now the lack of stars who originated the roles do not harm it's popularity. The star is Andrew LLoyd Webber. The songs are unforgettable. The music score is sumptuous. The story is spellbinding but why can I never remember what happens in the end ? I can't remember what happens in the end of Les Miserables either. Perhaps that's the sign of a wonderful show!

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW..TOP TEN WORLDWODE HIT SINGLES JACK JONES + PETER GRANT.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 28, 2010

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JACK JONES....THE TOP TEN SINGLES.....

1....WIVES AND LOVERS.

2....LOLLIPOPS AND ROSES.

3....THE RACE IS ON.

4....THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM.

5....DEAR HEART.

6....I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M LOSING YOU.

7....A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL.

8....LADY.

9....WHERE LOVE HAS GONE.

10..CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE.

Jack Jones has no million selling singles therefore most of these top ten entries were small hits in the American charts and some in the Canadian charts.....but his album sales are a different story, especially his RCA albums singling out his recorded album of Bread songs. For several years he was more popular in Britain than America and his albums sold well here in the easy listening catagory.

TRACKS PLAYED FOM ALBUM " PETER GRANT".....

WALK AWAY.

GIRL FROM IPANEMA.

YOU'RE THE FIRST, YOU'RE THE LAST,YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW........

Pack up.....Eliza Doolittle....album.....ELIZA DOOLITTLE.

Freedom come,freedom go....Fortunes.......VARIOUS.

Looking for Linda......Hue and Cry.......album.....THE BEST OF.....

She's not you.....Elvis Presley.....VARIOUS.

Everybody loves a lover.....Doris Day......album.....VARIOUS.

The way you look tonight.....Micheal Buble......album...MICHEAL BUBLE.

Tell Him.....Dionne Bromfield......album.....INTRODUCING......

Heartaches.....Patsy Cline.......album...THE BEST OF......

Softly as I leave you....Matt Munro......album...THIS IS.......

How many tears......Bobby Vee.......album.....THE SINGLES COLLECTION.

A hard day's night....Peggy Lee....album...PASS ME BY.

Lonely teenager.....Dion......album...HEARTBEAT..LOVE SONGS.

Feel so fine......Ventures.....album...THE VENTURES.

Let's do it.....Ella Fitzgerald....album.......SINGS COLE PORTER.

Down Argentine way / What a difference a day makes.....Bing Crosby.....album..EL SENOR BING.

Passing strangers....Billy Eckstine,Sarah Vaughn......album....MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS.

All alone am I...Brenda Lee....album....THE BEST OF.....

New World in the morning......Roger Whittaker......album.....THE GOLDEN AGE OF......

The closest thing to crazy....Katie Melua......album.....CALL OFF THE SEARCH.

Big Spender(live)...Shirley Bassey......album...CLASSIC TRACKS OLD AND NEW.

Papa can you ,hear me......Barbara Striesand....album...THE ESSENTIAL......

NEXT WEEK THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HITS OF JAMES DARREN. NEXT TUESDAY EVENING 8-10PM ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...BROADWAY SHOWS THAT NEVER MADE IT ON BROADWAY!!

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 25, 2010

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FROM THE CD UNSUNG MUSICALS..THE ULTIMATE COLECTION......

1....SMILE....HARRY GROENER,JULIE ANN AHO,LISA MAYER.......SMILE.

2....HERO....DEBBIE GRAVITTE.....BABE.

3....STARFISH.....JUDY KUHN.....LA STRADA.

4....SHERRY.....CHRISTINE BARANSKI,JONATHON FREEMAN...SHERRY.

5....SMASHING NEW YORK TIMES.....JASON GRAAE...APPLAUSE & A BROADWAY MUSICAL.

6....SILVERWARE.....LEE WILKOFF,TIMOTHY JEROME...WE TAKE THE TOWN.

7....HUNDREDS OF HATS....JASON WORKMAN....DIAMONDS.

8....AT THE SAME TIME....TAMMY MINOFF,PATRICK LEWIS....FREAKY FRIDAY.

9.....LAWYERS.....LEE WILKOFF,GREGORY JBARA....A BROADWAY MUSICAL.

10..AT MY SIDE....SALLY MAYES,MICHEAL RUPERT.....WELCOME TO THE CLUB.

11..IN A STATE....BRENT BARRET.....A WONDERFUL LIFE.

12..THE MEMORY OF TONIGHT....CAROLEE CARMELLO,GREGG EDELMEN...ARTHUR, THE MUSICAL.

13..NEW WORDS.....LIZ CALLAWAY....ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE.

Notice the names that performers come up with....ridiculous!....even if you are called John Smith you should find a name that agents can pronounce. Trying to get noticed with a stupid name seems to be the name of this game!

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Who can I turn to.....Harry Connick Jnr....album...YOUR SONGS.

Rawhide.....Elwood and Jake......THE BLUES BROTHERS.

Guido's Song...Daniel Day Lewis....NINE.

Far from the home I love.....LINDA GARDENER........FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

Theme from Jurassic Park.....L'orchestra Cinamatique.....MOVIE MASTERPIECES 2.

Showtime......Doris Day.....album.....SHOWTIME.

'Til I hear you sing......LOVE NEVER DIES.

Hello Young Lovers.......Ray Conniff....album.....BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.

Believe......Josh Groban.....THE POLAR EXPRESS.

A shine on your shoes......Fred Astaire......album...THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.

Dreamboats and Petticoats....Scott Barton,Daisy Wood-Davis......DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS.

Don't rain on my parade...Micheal Ball......album.....THE MUSICALS.

My heart belongs to daddy...Chistine Andreas....album...HERE'S TO THE LADIES.

NEXT SUNDAY 1ST AUGUST 2-4PM ON TUNDOFM107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW..TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HIT SINGLES NANCY SINATRA..+ MATT MUNRO CD.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 21, 2010

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NANCY SINATRA .THE TOP TEN.....

1....THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING.

2....SOMETHING STUPID ( WITH FRANK SINATRA)

3....SUGAR TOWN.

4....HOW DOES THAT GRAB YOU DARLIN'.

5....JACKSON(WITH LEE HAZELWOOD)

6....BANG BANG.

7....DID YOU EVER(WITH LEE HAZELWOOD)

8....SOME VELVET MORNING(WITH LEE HAZELWOOD)

9....YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.

10..LADYBIRD.

Nancy Sinatra's recording career started on her father's record label Reprise and for ten years her records were enourmously successful in America,Canada and to a lesser extent in Britain. With over seven million sellers, some with producer Lee Hazelwood's deep voice in counterpoint to her own singing style she caught the mood of the times. She more or less retired at the beginning of the eighties only promoting occasionally her albums of greatest hits.

THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION..MATT MUNRO...5CDS.(CAPITOL RECORDS)

1....WHY NOT NOW.

2....I LOVE THE LITTLE THINGS.

3....LILY M'LADY

4....WITHOUT YOU.

5....WHERE IN THE WORLD.

Other tracks played on show....

Maybe I know...Lesley Gore......album...THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.

How.....Helen Reddy.....albumTHE VERY BEST OF......

Falling....Roy Orbison.....album..THE ORIGINAL SINGLES COLLECTION.

Never on a Sunday....Julie London.......album LOVE LETTERS.

Close your eyes...Doris Day......album.....DAY BY DAY.

Poor little fool....Ricky Nelson......album....GREATEST HITS.

Bonanza.....Al Caiola......album.....HARD TO FIND INSTREMENTALS 2.

Runaway 67......Del Shannon....album THE VERY BEST OF......

I get ideas....Jane Morgan......album....JANE IN SPAIN.

Corrina Corrina.....Dean Martin......album.....EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY.

Pack up.........Eliza Dolittle.....album....ELIZA DOOLITTLE.

At long last love....Frank Sinatra,,,,album...A SWINGIN' AFFAIR.

She said....Plan B.....SINGLE.

We no speak Americano.....Yolanda be cool....SINGLE.

Theme from Shaft....Isacc Hayes.....SINGLE.

The Alley cat song....Peggy Lee....album....I'M A WOMAN.

Some kind of wonderful.....Micheal Buble.....album...CRAZY LOVE.

What's new pussycat.....Sharleen Spiteri....album...THE MOVIE SONGBOOK.

That aint' all....Perry Como....album....THE SCENE CHANGES.

She's always a woman....Fyfe Dangerfield...album...NOW 76.

Let's face the music and dance.....Nat King Cole....album..LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE.

NEXT WEEK THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HIT SINGLES OF JACK JONES. TUNE IN TO TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS..SONGS CUT FROM HIT MUSICALS..JULY 18TH.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 18, 2010

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THE FOLLOWING SONGS WERE CUT FROM MUSICALS WHILE PREVIEWING IN AMERICAN STATES OR ON BROADWAY....

Smashing N.Y. Times....Charles Strouse......album....APPLAUSE. NEW VERSION.

Waiting.....Judy Kaye,Ron Raines,Lee Wilkof..KING AND I.....LOST IN BOSTON.

Ten Percent....Harry Groaner....CHICAGO.....LOST IN BOSTON.

Tick Tock goes the clock...Lisa Mayer,Judy Malloy,Debbie Pavelka....PROMISES PROMISES...LOST IN BOSTON.

Take it in your stride....Liz Larsen...ANNIE GET YOUR GUN..LOST IN BOSTON.

You wanna bet.......SWEET CHARITY.(NEW VERSION)

Parents....Martin Charnin,Charles Strouse... ANNIE. (NEW VERSION)

Mamma's talkin soft....Lindsey Ridgeway,Sarah Chapman....GYPSY.LOST IN BOSTON3.

Travelling light.....Malcolm Gets....GUYS AND DOLLS...LOST IN BOSTON3.

Older and wiser.....michelle York, TammyMinoff...BYE BYE BIRDIE.LOST IN BOS3

When I go out walkin' with my baby....Liz Larsen, Harry Groaner..OKLAHOMA.LIB3

Nice She ain't....GYPSY.(NEW VERSION)

When Messiah Comes.....Lee Wilkoff..FIDDLER ON THE ROOF...LOST IN BOSTON2.

The World around us.....Harry Connick Jnr...THE PYJAMA GAME.(NEW VERSION)

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

I could have danced all night....Nat King Cole......album...MY FAIR LADY.

The Chase.......Cast....BRIGADOON.

Wheels of a dream.....RAGTIME.

Fish and chips ....Paul Nicholas....CHARLIE GIRL.

Maria.....Placido Domingo.....album...A LOVE UNTIL THE END OF TIME.

42nd Street.......Cast. 42ND STREET.

Here within these calls....Sheila Hancock...SISTER ACT.

Emporers and kings......Chorus....KRISTINA.

You can't stop the beat.....Cast ...HAIRSPRAY(FILM)

Morticia....Nathan Lane.....THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

The surrey with the frings on top...Ray Conniff......album..BROADWAY IN RHYTHYM.

NEXT WEEK....GREAT EXPENSIVE SHOWS THAT NEVER MADE BROADWAY......WHY?

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HITS OF AL MARTINO+ EVERLY BOTHERS CD.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 14, 2010

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THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HITS OF AL MARTINO.....

1....SPANISH EYES.

2....HERE IN MY HEART.

3....I LOVE YOU BECAUSE.

4....I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY.

5....SILVER BELLS.

6....PAINTED TAINTED ROSE.

7....TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN.

8....MARY IN THE MORNING.

9....VOLARE.

10..LIVING A LIE.

ALL TRACKS AVAILABLE ON ALBUM AL MARTINO COLLECTOR'S SERIES EXCEPT FOR SILVER BELLS WHICH IS ON CD A MERRY CHRISTMAS AL MARTINO.

Al Martino had his first big hit in 1952 with "Here in my heart" for Capitol records and continued with several follow-up hits before taking some time out from the hit parade and his recording career and making a few records only for independant labels without much success.

Fifteen years later he returned to the top of the American charts with " I love you because" and this time kept his chart success with warm easy listening classics amongst them "Spanish eyes" which became a continental Holiday hit all over Europe. He then kept up with a disco version of "Volare" and Italian version of "To the door of the sun". One of America's top easy listening album sellers he is now almost retired although last year he visited Llandudno's Venue Cymru on a concert tour stop.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW......

Those were the days....Mary Hopkin....album.....THE BEST OF.....

California Dreamin'....The mamma and papas.....album.....VARIOUS.

I love being here with you.....Bette Midler,Barry Manilow....album...BETTE MIDLER SINGS THE PEGGY LEE SONGBOOK.

Rio Bravo....Dean Martin.....album....THE SINGLES COLLECTION.

With open arms.....Jane Morgan....album....GREATEST HITS.

You must have been a beautiful baby....Peggy Lee......IS THAT ALL THERE IS?

Deep purple.....Val Doonican......THE VAL DOONICAN SONGBOOK.

Forty Second Street....Mel Torme.....THE PLATINUM COLLECTION.

Another go-around....Doris Day.....THE 1960'S SINGLES.

At last....Etta James........THE BEST OF.....

Speedy Gonzalez....Pat Boone.......PAT'S 40 BIG ONES.

Buttons and bows.....Dinah Shore......THE BEST OF.......

Donkey Serenade......Perry Como......COMO SWINGS.

Sleigh ride in July......Julie London......CALENDAR GIRL.

Por Favor.....The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra......TEA FOR TWO CHA CHAS.

FEATURED CD......100 HITS. THE EVERLY BOTHERS (5 CDS) RHINO LEGENDS 019.

1....SO IT ALWAYS WILL BE

2....DANCING ON MY FEET

3....OH MY PAPA

4....MENTION MY NAME IN SHEBOYGAN

The very thought of you...Ray Conniff.....S'AWFUL NICE.

Oh lonesome me...Craig Douglas.....MUSIC OF THE YEAR 1962.

Fools rush in.....Frank Sinatra.....NICE'N EASY.

Torero....Connie Francis....SINGS ITALIAN FAVOURITES.

Walking on new grass....Buddy Greco......BUDDY'S IN A BRAND NEW BAG.

I'm coming home....Johnny Mathis.....THE VERY BEST OF....

NEXT WEEK THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HIT SINGLES OF NANCY SINATRA. TUDNOFM 107.8.

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8....VOLARE.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS.THE TOP TWENTY LONGEST RUNNING BOX OFFICE MUSICALS ON BROADWAY.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 11, 2010

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THE MUSICALS......

1....PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.....Masquerade....Cast.

2....CATS......Memory...Elaine Paige.

3....A CHORUS LINE......Nothing....Natalie Cortez.

4....LES MISERABLES.....Who am I?....Colm Wilkinson.

5....CHICAGO.....When you're good to mama....Mary Mc Carry.

6....BEAUTY AND THE BEAST......Be our guest.....Full cast.

7....LION KING.......He lives in you.....Tsidii Le Loka,Jason Raize.

8....RENT.......Seasons of love......Johnny Mathis.

9....MISS SAIGON......Sun and moon.....Lea Salonga,Simon Barrowmen.

10..MAMMA MIA......Super Trooper....Meryl Streep,Julie Walters,Christine Baranski.FILM)

11..MY FAIR LADY......The rain in Spain.....Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews,Robert Coote.

12..42nd STREET.....Lullaby of Broadway....Jerry Orbach,ensemble.

13..GREASE.......Medley......Cast.(FILM).

14..FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.....Sabbath Prayer.....Topol,Miriam Karlin.

15..HELLO DOLLY.......Hello Dolly....Pearl Bailey.

16..WICKED.......Popular.....Idina Menzel, Kirstin Chenoweth.

17..HAIRSPRAY......Good morning Baltimore...Marissa Jaret Winokur.

18..THE PRODUCERS......We can do it.....Nathan Lane,Matthew Broderick.

19..CABARET.....Maybe this time.....Kelly Hunter.

20..ANNIE.......Tomorrow...Andre McArdle,Cast.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

People will say we're in love.....Ray Conniff......album...BRAODWAY IN RHYTHYM.

When you're an Addams.....Nathan Lane,Bebe Neuwith...THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

Willamania......Full Cast....THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES.

It's a grand night for singing....Dick Haymes....album...GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS 2.

You have to be there......Helen Sjoholm.....KRISTINA.

NEXT WEEK SONGS DROPPED FROM MUSICALS BEFORE THEY GOT TO BROADWAY AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK....MUSICALS THAT PLAYED THE PROVINCES IN AMERICA BUT NEVER GOT TO BROADWAY! EVERY SUNDAY 2-4 PM MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW. THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HITS OF CRAIG DOUGLAS + FEATURED ALBUM.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jul 7, 2010

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THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HITS OF CRAIG DOUGLAS......

1....ONLY SIXTEEN.

2....PRETTY BLUE EYES.

3....TIME.

4....WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL IS SMILING.

5....OUR FAVOURITE MELODIES.

6....100 POUNDS OF CLAY.

7....THE HEART OF A TEENAGE GIRL.

8....A TEENAGER IN LOVE.

9....OH LONESOME ME.

10..THE TOWN CRIER.

Craig Douglas started making records on the newly formed Top Rank label in the early fifties and usually covered well known American hits by other artists. He was never the winner until his sweet light voice covered the Sam Cooke American hit " Only Sixteen" which propelled him to the top of the charts. In reality Sam Cooke, a soul singer, gave a different slant to the song and Craig Douglas's version was simpler and more innocent and therefore appealed to the British record buying public. Pretty Blue Eyes.....his other big hit, was in the same vein but appealed more than the mature Steve Lawrence's American version. Douglas was constantly in the charts late fifties and early sixties but his popular appeal disappeared with the sixties liverpool sound era. He still sometimes tours in sixties reunions but no longer releases records.

FEATURED CD......FANCY MEETING YOU HERE....ROSEMARY CLOONEY,BING CROSBY...ON THE BLUEBIRD LABEL.....FIRST EDITIONS.

1....FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.

2....ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA.

3....ISLE OF CAPRI

4....CALCUTTA.

Other tracks played on show......

Here comes the sun.....Beatles......VARIOUS.

I close my eyes and count to ten.....Dusty Springfield....VARIOUS.

Bilitis.......Acker Bilk.......album.....STRANGER ON THE SHORE.

Heart of glass....The Puppini Sisters..album..BETCHA BOTTOM DOLLAR.

Long after tonight is all over....Irma Thomas.....album...THE DEFINITIVE BURT BACHARACH COLLECTION.

Red roses for a blue lady....Andy Williams....album...DEAR HEART.

Harlem shuffle.....Bob and Earl......SINGLE.

Marie.....Tommy Dorsey / Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen....Andrew Sisters.......album...HITS OF 37.

April in Paris......Dean Martin....album...FRENCH STYLE.

Kiss and Tell.....Alexandra Rybak.....album....FAIRYTALE.

If I love ya, then I need ya,then I want you around...Eartha Kitt...album..PURRFECT.

It's a beautiful life.....Don McLean.....album....THE VERY BEST OF....

I never had it so good.....Paul Williams.....album....JUST AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG.

You'd be so nice to come home to.....Frank Sinatra.....album...A SWINGING AFFAIR.

Black Coffee....Peggy Lee......album...MANANA.

Right now.....Pussycat Dolls....album...PUSSYCAT DOLLS.

Beyond the sea.....Ray Conniff......album...S'CONTINENTAL.

I'll never love this way again....Dionne Warwick....album...THE LOVE SONGS.

With the wind and the rain in your hair.....Pat Boone....album...PAT'S 40 BIG ONES.

Old Cape Cod.....Patti Page....album....THE MERCURY YEARS 2.

I want to be happy cha cha cha...Tommy Dorsey.....album...TEA FOR TWO CHA CHAS.

Englishman in New York...Sting...album...THE VERY BEST OF.....

Do you remember.... Neil Sedeka....album...THE MUSIC OF MY LIFE.

NEXT WEEK THE TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HITS OF AL MARTINO ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE. NEXT TUESDAY EVENING 8-10PM.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS JULY4TH...FEATURED MUSICAL "BELLS ARE RINGING".

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BELLS ARE RINGING......

1....BELLS ARE RINGING.....FEMALE CHORUS.

2....IT'S A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP....JUDY HOLLIDAY.

3....IT'S A SIMPLE LITTLE SYSTEM....EDDIE LAWRENCE.

4....I MET A GIRL....SYDNEY CHAPLAIN.

5....LONG BEFORE I KNEW YOU....SYDNEY CHAPLAIN,JUDY HOLLIDAY.

6....JUST IN TIME......JUDY HOLLIDAY,SYDNEY CHAPLAIN.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW......

Gliding through my memoree...Randall Duk Kim.....FLOWER DRUM SONG.

Unexpected song.....Sarah Brightman....SONG AND DANCE.

By the light of the silvery moon.....Al Jolson.....album.....THE VERY BEST OF.....

Born to Boogie......Haydn Gwynne......BILLY ELLIOT.

What's new Pussycat.....Tom Jones.....THE BEST OF......

Edelweisse......Vince Hill......album....THE BEST OF......

Pinball Wizard.....The Who.....TOMMY.

Far away....Shirley Bassey....album....THE BEST OF.......

You won't be an orphan for long.....Chrus......ANNIE.

Freindship....Judy Garland, Johnny Mercer.....album...THE GREATEST HITS.

King Herod's song.....Alice Cooper.......album.....ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.

Glamorous night.....Moira Anderson.....GLAMOROUS NIGHTS.

The old soft shoe....Tony Martin, Dinah Shore....album.....TWO'S COMPANY.

If I were a rich man.....Topol.....FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

Someone else's story......Kerry Ellis......CHESS IN CONCERT.

I beleive in you...Matthew Broderick.....HOW TO SUCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

Open a new window.....Angela Lansbury....MAME.

Oklahoma......Ray Conniff.......album....BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.

On the street where you live....Nat King Cole.....album....MY FAIR LADY.

Hey there....Jane Morgan.....THE PYJAMA GAME.

Summer Holiday.....Cliff Richard......SINGLE.

Our house....Cast......OUR HOUSE.

Artificial flowers......Patrick Wilson....TENDERLOIN.

Can't help loving that man...Anita Darian, Louise Parker.....SHOWBOAT.

Piddle twiddle and resolve / Yours.....William Daniels, Virginia Vestoff....1776.

NEXT WEEK JOIN ME ON SUNDAY 11TH JUNE ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW...TEREASA BREWER'S TOP TEN WORLDWIDE HIT SINGLES+ DEAN MARTIN.

Posted by: Colin Holmes in MyBlog on Jun 30, 2010

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THE TOP TEN SINGLES OF TEREASA BREWER.....

1....MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC.

2....A TEAR FELL.

3....RICOCHET.

4....LET ME GO LOVER.

5....SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL.

6....TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU.

7....YOU SEND ME.

8....EMPTY ARMS.

9....JILTED.

10..HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S LOVE.

Teresa Brewer had extensive hits in the fifties in America,Canada and Britain on the Brunswick label mainly due to the fact that this reord company released over fifty singles by her in the fifties. The top six singles were all in excess of million sellers and although critized for a " Minnie Mouse" voice she excelled in novelty, country and western, and ( at that time) up to date jive records. She still sings mainly country and western and still has a regular following.

Next week the top ten worldwide singles of CRAIG DOUGLAS. JUNE 6TH,8-10PM ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW......

A steel guitar and a glass of wine.....Paul Anka....MY WAY.

We could......Al Martino.......album....WE COULD.

Bewitched....Peggy Lee.....album.....PASS ME BY.

Be mine.......Lance Fortune.......SINGLE.

Woman....John Lennon......VARIOUS.

Where are you now......Jackie Trent.......album....THE BEST OF.....

Perfidia....Ventures.......album.....THE BEST OF.....

Bye Bye Blues....Andy Williams.......albumTHE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE.

Blue Skies....Ella Fitzgerald......album....GOLD.

Sway....Micheal Buble.......album....MICHEAL BUBLE.

Top hat,white tie, and tails.......Billy May......album.....MAYTIME.

Brazil....Rosemary Cloonet, Bing Crosby.....album.....FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.

I should care......Julie London....album...JULIE IS HER NAME.

Clementine.....Westlife.......album....ALLOW US TO BE FRANK.

How could I ever leave you......Matt Munro....album...THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION.

Old Devil moon.....Frank Sinatra.....album....SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS.

Beyond the blue horizon......Jane Morgan....album.....FASCINATION.

Dear Hearts and gentle people....Perry Como....album....COMO SWINGS.

Little brown Jug.......Royal Airforce Squadronaires....album.....IN THE MOOD.

Me too.....Doris Day.....album....CUTTIN' CAPERS.

Our house......helen Reeddy....album...THE VERY BEST OF......

Just say I love her / Vieni Su / Return to me / If love is good to me......Dean Martin.....album... DINO / CHA CHA CHA D'AMOUR.......FEATURED ALBUM / TWO ALBUMS ON ONE CD.

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